MacCallum's Boathouse - Did you know George Washington used a Durham boat to cross the Delaware? It was a special type of boat that was a large wooden, flat-bottomed, double-ended freight boat
Durham Historical Society - Significant to Durham Township because of the depiction of the Durham boat (made by Robert Durham of Durham, Pennsylvania), "Washington Crossing the Delaware" is an 1851 oil-on-canvas painting
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